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MPizovED RnrmgnRAToR The Schedule referred to in these Lettersiatentmal-Fling' pari: of the name.

To'all whom 'it rita/y concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. FOUNTAIN, of the city of Newark, in thecounty of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certainImprovements in I Reiigerators; `and hereby `declare the following.,vtaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

p The natureY of my improvement consists in thecom-A bination withclosets and drawer of the described form .of drawer-bOt'tom,'aud avcorresponding trough under the same, and. in an automatonsupportingbracket for the drawer when Open.

'Dispensing with lids, which are. objectionable for various reasons, Ihave above the drawer B, a closet,

, A, with la movable grate-bottoni, Z, between it end the vdrawer` Ialso have a closet, G,below the drawer. L The bottom of the drawer' ismade to incline 'from the sides to the middle, and from the front to theback end, 4where'there is adischarge.

' The back of the draweris` shown at Figure 3, with the inclines fromthe sides to the middle. The length wise inelineiis shown at Y, Figure'4, and the troughv is shownat X. `A section of its hout end is shown atW, and the discharge-pipe' at V.

IhusV it can be seen that the drop from the drawer V whenopeed toreceive the ice, or when inadvertently left unclosedfis conveyed away tothe 4dischargepipe V.

In the upper side of the rail that is between the drawer Band closet C,a bracket, u, is inserted, its

. and automatic-acting support, when constructed, combined, and arrangedas hereinabove specied.

GEORGE FOUNTAIN.

AWitnesses W. M. Goonme, EDWARD CoLLvEB.

